Encyclopedia of stress / George Fink, editor-in-chief.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fink, George.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Psychology)--Encyclopedias.

Stress (Psychology).

Stress management--Encyclopedias.

Stress management.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Ca. : Academic Press, 2000.

Summary:

The Encyclopedia of Stress provides a comprehensive reference source of knowledge on stressors, the biological mechanisms involved in the stress response, the effects of activating the stress response mechanisms, and the disorders that may arise as a consequence of acute or chronic stress. The Encyclopedia goes beyond the biology of stress by including such subjects as stress and behavior, stress and psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders, stress and the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, stress and reproductive function, stress and immune function, stress at and as a consequence of work, post-traumatic stress, and stress and predisposition to disease.

Contents:

v. 1. A-D

v. 2. E-M

v. 3. N-Z, Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0122267354

OCLC:

43896612